Travel Blogs from Shirdi

... We serve both modern and traditional Indian cuisine as well as Continental dishes to suit each of our distinguished guests. Our experienced Chef is always on hand to discuss your dietary requirements and to impart his culinary knowledge. We also have a restaurant with the finest quality food at reasonable prices that suits each of our ...

After an 8 hour journey we arrived in Shirdi, home of Sai Baba and a recommended place to visit. When we arrived we checked in our hotel - a hotel that is part of the 'Best Western' chain, and we then went to the temple straight away. We then spent some time wondering around the market, browsing the various stalls, before making our way back to the hotel for some food, and to have an early night. ...

... of the spice profile and memory-unfriendly names. Throughout the dinner, the waiter stands right next to the table, swooping in like a hawk whenever your plate is empty to dish out more food. This particular evening, we were under the radar of the restaurant owner, who visited our table every couple minutes to ask how the food was and give us a sweaty handshake. He said that he was starting a website for his restaurant and he wanted to take pictures with us to ...

... parade, the pounding bass could be felt in the chest. If you think you have been to a loud concert, you haven’t been to India during a festival. We made it to the edge of the parade and shrank back behind a group of police people. The parade consisted of large “floats” upon which rested piles of speakers and lights about 20 feet high and that were each powered by a buddy truck generator. Boys and men stood on the floats in front of the wall ...

When we arrived at Shirdi it was absolute bedlam, a crazy cattle market. We were the cattle up for auction I think. Because we were only passing through here we had our packs with us, clearly we didn't know where we were going and had to battle through torrents of touts wanting to sell trinkets or provide us with VIP access to ...